Football/Soccer Session (Beginner): u12 Training Session: 1v1, 4v4 & Finishing

Warm Up Dribble Races

10-15 minutes of dribbling races in 2s. Increase difficulty with weaker foot dribbling, and longer passes back.

Station Drill: 1v1 or 2v1 Attack The Goal

Depending on group numbers, have 1 defender and a goalkeeper. Then 1v1 or 2v1 consistent attacks. Defender aims to tackle and clear the ball. Attacking players try to score as many as they can in 2 minutes. Then switch the defender.

Station Drill: Crossing & Finishing

A simple crossing and finishing 2v1 drill. To make this easier, this can also be played without a defender initially but it has to be a 1 or 2 touch finish. There is 1 crosser of the ball whom is positioned on the wing.

The other players team up in 2s and line up on the other 2 cones near the half way line. The player closest to the winger plays the ball out to the winger. Both attackers make runs into the box. The winger plays the ball in and the attackers aim for a finish. Once the phase of play has come to an end the attackers switch lines.

This can be initially unopposed with a limit of 1 or 2 touches.

Progression: Force one time finishing for goals to count. Introduce a defender to make it harder for attackers to find space for a finish.